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And organisers Korova Arts, who already run the Preston Tringe Festival, say they have already signed up 10 venues and 20 acts to take part in the Liverpool fringe, including some heading for Edinburgh.

They include the Casa, Blackburne House, The Quarter and 81 Renshaw Street, as well as Valley Theatre in Netherley.

Organisers of the Liverpool Fringe Festival have ambitions for it to become as big as Edinburgh. Pictured here - crowds in Hope Street (Photo: Gavin Trafford)

Korova Arts creative director Sam Buist says: 鈥淚n the first year, our main aim is to engage with the different communities and arts communities in Liverpool, as well as attracting some acts from outside the city ?including a few Edinburgh previews.